Current Attempt in Progress The current sections of Pearl Corp.'s balance sheets at December 31, 2021 and 2022, are presented here. Pearl Corp.'s net income for 2022 was $168,300. Depreciation expense was $29.700. 2022 2021 Current assets Cash Accounts receivable $115,500 $ 108,900 88,000 97,900 184,800 189.200 29,700 24,200 Inventory $418,000 $420,200 Prepaid expenses Total current assets Current liabilities Accrued expenses payable $ 16,500 93,500 $5,500 101,200 Accounts payable Total current liabilities $110,000 $ 106,700 Prepare the net cash provided (used) by operating activities section of the company's statement of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022 using the indirect method. (Show amounts that decrease cash flow with either - signes -15.000 or in parenthesis e-. (15,000j.)

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations

Oliver's company is planning the launch of their hybrid cars. the company has included "never-before-seen" product benefits in the hybrid cars. which type of advertising should oliver's company use for the new cars?

Performance bicycle company makes steel and titanium handle bars for bicycles. it requires approximately 1 hour of labor to make one handle bar of either type. during the most recent accounting period, barr company made 7,700 steel bars and 2,300 titanium bars. setup costs amounted to $35,000. one batch of each type of bar was run each month. if a single company-wide overhead rate based on direct labor hours is used to allocate overhead costs to the two products, the amount of setup cost assigned to the steel bars will be: